Yup, it’s august- can you believe it? Our garden{s} have already gone through a few different phases this season.
The season had a weird start, which was unusually slow & cold for these parts. In turn i was also slow on the uptake.
§veggie garden
Mr. Masterpiece is a high energy guy so he actually got the veggie garden up and running in a timely fashion. It’s his happy place.
We remained par for the course as far as our selections are concerned. We planted the usual herbs, several varieties of tomatoes, peppers and lettuces.
We enjoyed the lettuces early on in the season and they were so great to work with. This year we planted read leaf, arugula {my fav} and mache.
We’ve been enjoying the tomatoes for the last few weeks, including varieties of cherry and pear. I prefer the smaller tomatoes for our salads.
I’m still waiting on our peppers although i don’t believe it’s going to happen this year. we swapped the location of where the peppers and tomatoes were planted this year because the tomatoes did not do great last year and the same thing happened to the peppers this year.
Hmmm. I’m thinking something is happening with the soil in that area of the planting boxes. I’m hoping we can amend it for next year’s planting season.
§container gardening
With the cold front I did not start filling my containers until about June. I know! Super late.
I chose to use yellow flowers for the green plant etagere and the other areas on the same side of the patio.
On the other side of the patio sits my distressed door with the collection of galvanized containers which I planted with white blooms this year.
§backyard
The yard bloomed early before the cold front settled in and overstayed its welcome.
The blooms were beautiful but unfortunately they were short lived.
One of my all time favorites in the backyard are our limelight hydrangeas, which are going crazy right now.
I’m hoping to plant additional flowering shrubs this fall.
